Nineteen eighty-seven is one of those subtlely fabulous musical years. No matter your taste, there was a song for you, but it was the duet that ruled the airwaves with no less than six powerhouse duets cracking the Top 25.

Live Aid is a tremendous window on the limits of the technology and the way music was presented and consumed. It’s also an interesting look at just how important – on a massive scale – popular music was in 1985.

The first year of the new millenia finds the charts saying goodbye to the last of the Classic Rockers, while new rockers show some promise, but it's the producer-based solo artist that gains the exclusive foothold that will last for the better part of the next two decades.